John peaesall



(No Model.) J. PEARSALL.

, CARPET FASTENER.

No. 314,053. Patented Mar. 17, 1885.

c A C WITNESSES: 3-; M NTOR:

, BY llwwwfi ATTORNEYS.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PEARSALL, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

CARPET-FASTENER.

$PECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 314,053, dated March17,1885. Application filed January-7, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known thatl, JOHN PEARSALL, of the city, county, and State of NewYork. have invented a new and Improved Carpet-Fastener, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a part of a floor and carpet showingthe manner of using my new carpet-fastener. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thefastening-plate removed from the car pet. Fig. 3 is a sectionalelevation of the iioor,carpet,and fastening-plate, the latter beinghooked over the nail driven in the floor; and Fig. 4 is a similar viewshowing a modification of the fasteningvplate.

My invention is an improvement in the class of carpet'fasteners whichconsist of a small and thin metal plate provided with an aperture toreceive the head of a nail, and

adapted for attachment to the under side of a carpet.

orifices a at the angles by which the plate may bestretched to thecarpet. In its center the plate 0 has the opening E made in it, which ismade large at b for the passage of the head and so that it will freelyenter the slot E in I the plate.

Instead of forming the plate with a depression, d, the plate may be madeconcaved, as shown in Fig. 4.

By this construction a carpet cannot be torn or otherwise injured bycontact with the head of the nail, and the attachment to or detachmentfrom thelatter may be easily and quickly effected.

\Vhat I claim is- The improved carpet-fastener consisting of the metalplate 0, provided with the keyhole slot d, and depressed along itsmiddle portion adjacent tosaid slot to receive the head of thecarpet-nail, the remaining portion or edge of the plate being elevatedat a uniform height around its entire circumference, as shown anddescribed.

JOHN PEARSALL.

WVitnesses:

H. A. WEST, O. SEDGwIcK.

